%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> AMINTAS, / Or, The constant Shepherds complaint. / Whilst others take delight to range, / And mostly pleasure take in change, / Amintas vows he'l constant prove, / Unto the death to his dear Love, University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1672-1672 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 04/13/2011 30115

The University of California makes a claim of copyright only to original contributions made by Early Modern Center participants and other members of the university community. The University of California makes no claim of copyright to the original text. Permission is granted to download, transmit or otherwise reproduce, distribute or display the contributions to this work claimed by The University of California for non-profit educational purposes, provided that this header is included in its entirety. For inquiries about commercial uses, please contact:

Patricia Fumerton Early Modern Center - English Department University of California Santa Barbara, CA 93105 United States of America EMail: pfumer@english.ucsb.edu

R226971 3 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN Young Pheon strove the bliss to taste Young Phaon Young Pheon Strove the Bliss to Taste CHast thoughts within my love=sick (breast / most welcome do I find, Roxburghe Ballads Editor None None None None Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 2: 10 AMINTAS, / Or, The constant Shepherds complaint. / Whilst others take delight to range, / And mostly pleasure take in change, / Amintas vows he'l constant prove, / Unto the death to his dear Love, AMINTAS, Or, The constant Shepherds complaint. Whilst others take delight to range, And mostly pleasure take in change, Amintas vows he’l constant prove, Unto the death to his dear Love. AMINTAS, Or, The constant Shepherd's complaint. While others take delight to range, And mostly pleasure take in change, Amintas vows he’ll constant prove, Unto the death to his dear Love. 1672-1672 P. Brooksby

This document follows the guidelines specified for TEI.

XML Generated Automatically at 4/13/2011 1:51:10 PM Using EMC

XBallad Parsing Engine developed by Carl Stahmer.

TEI Template developed by Gerald Egan and Modified by Carl Stahmer

All apostrophes are encoded as '.

Any dashs occurring in line breaks have been removed;

All dashs are encoded as ‐ and all em dashes as —.

 Early Modern Center Ballad Project Keyword Taxonomy advice affliction/ health alcohol animals/ nature Bible/ biblical figures buildings/ architecture catastrophe children class clothing/ appearance country/ nation crime death economics/ commerce entertainments family folklore gender holidays/ seasons infidelity labor/ craft law London love maritime marriage military/ war monstrosity mythology/ Classical news nobility/ court politics/ government procreation punishment race/ ethnicity religious concepts religious figures religious types & sects royalty rural life servitude sex/ sexuality supernatural/ magic The New World travel trickery/ deceit urban life vice violence virtue vulgarities/ crass humor youth/ age Library of Congress Subject Heading Taxonomy 4/13/2011 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America love Ballads, English 17th century Broadsides, England 17th century 4/13/2011 1:51:10 PM XBallad Shaughnessy, Elizabeth Created XML Version of Ballad 4/13/2011 1:51:10 PM Transcription Supervisor McAbee, Kristina, Nebeker, Eric Transcription of ballad manuscript 4/13/2011 1:51:10 PM Double-Key Comparison and Merging Becker, Charlotte Transcription of ballad manuscript 4/13/2011 1:51:10 PM Transcriptionist Two Mann, Rachel Transcription of ballad manuscript 4/13/2011 1:51:10 PM Transcriptionist One Ludolph, Patrick Transcription of ballad manuscript 9/23/2010 Checker Charlotte Becker Edited Ballad Catalogue Record 9/23/2010 Checker Charlotte Becker Edited Ballad Catalogue Record 7/8/2008 Bibliographer Jessica C. Murphy Initial Ballad Catalogue Record Created 2/22/2011 Checker Bethany Wong Edited Ballad Catalogue Record 2/22/2011 Checker Bethany Wong Edited Ballad Catalogue Record 2/14/2009 Checker Meghan Fadel Edited Ballad Catalogue Record 2/14/2009 Checker Meghan Fadel Edited Ballad Catalogue Record
<seg n="1" rend="left"><hi rend="italic">AMINTAS,</hi></seg> <seg n="2" rend="left"><hi rend="italic">Or, The constant Shepherds complaint.</hi></seg> <lb/> <seg n="3" rend="left"><hi rend="italic">Whilst others take delight to range,</hi></seg> <seg n="4" rend="left"><hi rend="italic">And mostly pleasure take in change,</hi></seg> <lb/> <seg n="5" rend="left">Amintas <hi rend="italic">vows hel constant prove,</hi></seg> <seg n="6" rend="left"><hi rend="italic">Unto the death to his dear Love.</hi></seg> <lb/> <seg n="7" rend="left"><hi rend="italic">Tune of, Young</hi> Pheon <hi rend="italic">strove the bliss to taste.</hi></seg>
CHast thoughts within my love-sick breast most welcome do I find, Whilst other rangers are possest with a lascivious mind, Let others love variety, my Caelia ile adore, And might I gain her company Id never covet more. Such charming sweetness in her eyes, I ere was wont to find, They did attract and still surprize, and captivate my mind, But though shes fickle I must love and cannot but admire, Though she my passion disaprove, it more augments my fire.
Cupid has made too deep a wound, that for to cure the smart, Theres none but she that can be found to ease my Love-sick heart, Oh! might I be so fortunate my Shepherdess to gaine, But she contemns my mean estate, and laughs at all my pain. Her beautys such none can withstand, the attractives of her eyes, The greatest Monarch may command, and at first view surprize, Yea gods! her victim Ile he still and must adore her charms, Though she should be inclosed still within anothers Arms.
Oh cruel fayr! how oft did you both swear and eke protest, Your love both reall was and true, when yet you were in jest, Whilst I believd and did receive your words with listning strange, Yet now you scornfully deceive, and love to rove and range. How many houres by me been spent in sobs and sighs in vain, Each minute full of discontent, regardless of my pain, Whilst Syren like your looks insnare, intending to deceive, For till they love you speak them fair, and then you take your leave. The second part to the same Tune, Beware fair Nymph least Cupids Dart against you being bent, Ere long ensnare your stubborn heart and cause you to repent, Altho that now you scornful are and pitty not my flame, True Lovers are the gods chief care, who will repay the same. You tax us with inconstancy when we poor men do find, Your Sex does love Variety more fickle than the Wind. The Ship that rides upon the Waves more stedfast in foul weather, gainst which the curling Billows laves oft sailing God knows whether.
The Choristers within the Groves with warbling notes can tell, When Philomell did chaunt our loves I thought that all was well; The merry Shepherds on the Lawn, how would they sing your praise, Ere blushing Sol began to dawn in their sweet Roundelays. But finding you unconstant prove, the Scene is alterd quite, Although they blame me for my Love, to you they bear a spite, Instead of praises curses store on you each day bestow, When that your name comes them be-fore as with their flocks they go. In time therefore my Rivall leave, though tempting be his charms, Your dying Shepherd wrongd receive into your Snowey Arms, The gods they have designd, that you must be my wife at last, Then we shall greet like Lovers true when Storms are gone and past. Then shall I well rewarded be, with bliss for all my pain, And endless my felicity, when constant you remain, New transports we shall alwaies find, for to encrease Loves fire, When both are mutually thus joynd, and have but one desire.
Printed for P. Brooksby, at the Golden Ball in West-smithfield.